The role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has gained respect and support from top leaders at a number of major corporations. Last week, AMR Research reported on the presentations delivered at the Stanford Conference on Social and Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains. In attendance were senior operations executives from CSR leaders such as Cisco, HP and Microsoft.
Presenters highlighted these recent initiatives:
In 2007, HP will eliminate 30,000 cubic feet of polystyrene computer packaging and more than six million pounds of PVC packaging from its inkjet printer business. The company will also reduce its carbon footprint by 20 percent by 2010.
A panel with representation from HP, Cisco, Microsoft and Solectron spoke of creating an “Electronic Industry Code of Conduct” to achieve shared CSR objectives. The program has worked well, but sensitivity to cost information on shared components has at times hindered collaboration.
Those who organized the conference acknowledged that senior management commitment to green supply chains remains a scarce commodity. Stanford hand-picked its conference presenters from among the rare groups of visionaries.
Thanks to embedded electronics, medical devices are getting smaller and smarter than ever. Pacemakers and implantable defibrillators are now able to call physicians. MRIs, CT scanners, and ultrasound machines are gaining mobility. And the venerable Band-Aid may soon be able to detect illnesses ranging from fevers to heart arrhythmias. On February 21, join Design News senior editor Charles Murray for a wide-ranging discussion, "Embedded Angles for Medical Products," which will explore the latest developments in medical electronics. The discussion will examine advances in medical device technology and offer an inside look at the embedded electronics behind it.
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